12 Step Drug & Alcohol Rehab South Florida

The 12-Step model, originated by Alcoholics Anonymous, is a spiritual foundation for personal recovery from the effects of addiction. Many 12-Step members have found that these steps are more than just a way to recover from addiction, but they are a guide to a new way of living their lives. 12-Step meetings offer people the opportunity to come together and share in their experiences, passing on their stories and their personal experiences with addiction and with overcoming addiction. Part of the 12-Step model includes passing on the knowledge you gained to help others on their recovery journeys. That said, the 12 Steps are as follows: 

1. Honesty in admitting powerlessness over the addiction. Denial is common in addicts, and admitting that you have a problem is the necessary first step to recovery.
2. Faith and believing in a higher power, in whatever form, can help a person realize that there is a plan for them outside of their addiction. 
3. Surrendering control to the higher power that you associate with. Realizing that you cannot recover on your own, but by surrendering self-destructive decisions to a higher power, recovery can be prosperous and long-lasting.
4. Soul-searching and taking personal inventory. By identifying problems and understanding how your behavior has affected you and the people around you, growth occurs. 
5. Integrity in admitting to the higher power, oneself, and another person the wrongs that have been done. This provides a person with a great opportunity for growth by admitting wrongdoings in front of a higher power and other people. 
6. Acceptance of character defects and being entirely willing to let them grow. Being ready to have the higher power correct any shortcomings to one’s character is elemental of step 6.
7. Humility by asking the higher power to let go of those shortcomings. Asking a higher power to do something that cannot be accomplished by one’s own self-will or determination. 
8. Willingness to make a list of wrongdoings that have been done to others and amending those wrongs.
9. Forgiveness through contacting those who you’ve wronged, unless doing so will harm the person. 
10.  Maintenance by continuing to take personal inventory and admitting when you’re wrong. 
11.  Making contact and discovering the plan your higher power has for your life. These steps require seeking enlightenment and connection with the higher power via prayer and/or meditation. 
12.  Service through carrying the message of the 12-Steps to others in need. 

Although the 12-Steps are based on the same written ideas Bill Wilson developed in the 1930s, some aspects of the program have changed over time. Believing in God is now not a necessary component of the 12-Steps Program, however the belief in a ‘higher power’ is essential. Higher power can be any external force that a person believes in. The idea behind the 12-Step program today is that by believing in a higher power, someone can find a deeper meaning to life outside of addiction. Higher power can mean anything from religion to spirituality, to prayer or meditation.